Our meeting

Andrew doesn't mind tummy-time so much if he can look at himself in the mirror. He doesn't particularly like it, but he doesn't complain too much.

Our meeting is complete, though I do have some unfinished paperwork to send in as well as the professional pictures that I pick up on Tuesday. I realized during the meeting that our home is a complete circus...zoo...animal house. You name it, that's what it is. Our social worker had done some other visits in La Crosse before coming here. She had another social worker with her who had worked with the families in La Crosse. Thank goodness they are so relaxed. (We have a really great social worker). The boys were INSANE!! Before they got here, Henry had tripped on the steps, fell, and had a big lip. Thank goodness we had time to clean up the blood. When they got here, the boys went wild. We were speechless. Henry, our usually shy, reserved child who we have to force to say hello to people, was talking nonstop, swinging swords, jumping off the couch, and chasing them around the house. Charles, of course, copies his brother. He decided it was time to show them how he can jump from the chair to the ottoman. Yikes!! ( I can remember when we did our homestudy for CHarles adoption, Henry was just 2. He was showing the social worker his room and then proceeded to show her how he could climb up the rocking chair and into his crib. We decided it was time to change him to a big boy bed.) He only did it once, and luckily he didn't hit his head on the entertainment center. He sat up in the social workers lap with his blanket. When they asked him if he liked his new brother, he proceeded to tell them about how he pukes all the time, and how he puked when he was a baby. What do you do? We started to laugh. When he started to talk about bowel movements, we changed the subject. Of course, they were so exhausted by the time they left that they sat nicely on the couch without saying anything. Charles asked dad if he could watch a little 'Polar Express' (his favorite because of the train) on the computer. A few minutes later I went to check on him, and this is what I found... an interesting way to fall asleep.

Lets just say that they slept very well last night. They talked about the social workers nonstop the rest of the evening, however. Apparently the behavior they showed while they were visiting is how they let someone know that they like them.

This is Andrew this morning. He has finally accomplished rolling over from front to back...and did it repeatedly whenever I put him back on his tummy. This was his expression when he saw how excited I was . What a great feat!!

We added a new member to our circle of friends on Monday. Our good friends, Lexi and Aaron, had another baby girl. We didn't find out until Tuesday, but Charles seemed to know on Monday night. When he was going to bed, out of the blue, he said, "I think Lexi is at the doctor so the baby can come out of her tummy." I laughed and said,'maybe.' The next morning I saw that I had a voicemail from the night before (Monday). It was Lexi calling at 8 pm (bedtime for the boys at our house) to tell us her daughter had been born. Interesting.

No other news for now!!

Take Care!!